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A&E:
page 8
Sports:
page 12
Variety:
page 7
Bethel bands compete in the
New Union's Battle of the
Bands.
Broomball battles rage during
January.
Check out some Valentine's ideas
'straight from the heart."
~
Thursday,-February 1'1,1999
NEWSPAPER OF BETHEL COLLEGE
Volatru? 74 * Number 8
Rumbles on the Ice
Clarion/ Photo by Matt Lang
Captain of the "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves,"junior Jason Parks lunges to keep the ball away from a
member of "Parse TJtis!" in their first game of Broomball playoffs. Over 600 shidcnts participated in the Bethel
intramural craze which ended in the third straight championship for "N-destntct."Article on page 12.
Doctors diagnose
Bethel senior with
cancer
"Chief' depends on God for strength
By Peter Rockwell
StaffWriter
For many, the dawn of the
new year was a time of hopeful
resolutions. However, for senior
Ron Estorgio, known to many as
"Chief," 1999 has started with a
series of hardships and challenges
in the form of cancer.
Estorgio was diagnosed
with Lymphoma, Non-Hodgskins
on Jan. 1, 1999. Estorgio went to
the emergency room that day to
"simply check up on flu-like
symptoms." Since he had a bad
cough, the doctors took chest X-
rays. They revealed a large
amount of fluid around his heart
as well as a mass as big as a
person's open hand.
Non-Hodgskins Lymphoma is a malignant cancerous
growth of B or T cells in the
lymph system. In the United
States, 55,400 people are diagnosed with this form of Lymphoma each year.
The doctors immediately
went to work, removing the fluid
surrounding Estorgio's heart. His
continued on page 2
Royalettes twirl in success
Dance Team's successful year and hopeful future
By Amy K.N. Herman
News Editor
Bethel's dancing queens
have kicked up a cloud of success in 1998. The ten-member
team attended many competitions
and plans to end their season at
the UPA AMERICUP competition, to be held in Minneapolis,
from Feb. 25-28.
The danceline's success
began on Dec. 13, 1998 when
they placed first at the Universal
Dance and Cheer Association's
(UDA/UCA) Midwest Championships. Here the team performed
a two-mi nute-and-fifteen-second
jazz/funk routine. According to
co-captain, senior Melissa
Vanderpoel, she and the team's
other co-captain, senior Angie
Richardson, spent three weeks
choreographing the dance.
"We were very shocked
with our winning," said
Vanderpoel. "We hoped to do well
continued on page 3
Senior Class Gift activities
kick-off tonight
By Hannah Maria Hayes
Editor-in-Chief
The Senior Class Gift
kicks-off tonight during a senior
class party in the AC lounge starting at 8 p.m. Senior John Groh,
Committee Head, said that senior
class members, and not the committee, will vote on what gift to
give.
"We've been very diligent
in trying to seek out what students
would have our senior class gift
be this year," said Groh. "We've
also been trying to get input from
faculty and staff as far as what
they feel Bethel needs and how
our senior class can give back to
Bethel in a way that will serve
classes who come after us."
Although the party will
partly focus on a discussion of
what seniors would like to give for
their gifl: food, music, entertainment, door prizes and a time of
worship, praise and reflection is
planned. "We don't want it to be
just a meeting where we will talk
about the senior class gift...We
want this to be where seniors can
get together and have fun," said
Groh.
The committee, consisting
continued on page 3
Bethel football coach wins prestigious award
By Hannah Maria Hayes
Editor-in-Chief
Defensive coordinator for
Bethel's football team, Mike
Plinske, was named the 1998 Assistant Coach of the Year for Division III and was awarded a
$5,000 scholarship for the athletic
department by tlie American Football Coaches Association (AFCA)
on Jan. 11.
Assistant coaches were
nominated from coaching staffs
throughout the country. The
award recognizes a coaches' commitment to student-athletes, community service, contributions to
the AFCA and overall coaching
excellence—on and off the field.
This is the only award given
out for Division III. The Division
has 300 schools and approximately nine assistant coaches per
team, according to Head Football
Coach, Steve Johnson.
"Coach Plinske is a dynamite teacher, a great role model
for players and has got a lot of
wisdom," said Johnson. "One
thing that makes him special is
that he's demanding and at the
continued on page 2
Courtesy Photo
Head Defensive Coach Mike Plinske gives game plans and a pep-talk to the Bethel Defense players
during a game. Plinske was honored with the Division HI 1998 Assistant Coach of the Year on Jan. 11.

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A&E:
page 8
Sports:
page 12
Variety:
page 7
Bethel bands compete in the
New Union's Battle of the
Bands.
Broomball battles rage during
January.
Check out some Valentine's ideas
'straight from the heart."
~
Thursday,-February 1'1,1999
NEWSPAPER OF BETHEL COLLEGE
Volatru? 74 * Number 8
Rumbles on the Ice
Clarion/ Photo by Matt Lang
Captain of the "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves,"junior Jason Parks lunges to keep the ball away from a
member of "Parse TJtis!" in their first game of Broomball playoffs. Over 600 shidcnts participated in the Bethel
intramural craze which ended in the third straight championship for "N-destntct."Article on page 12.
Doctors diagnose
Bethel senior with
cancer
"Chief' depends on God for strength
By Peter Rockwell
StaffWriter
For many, the dawn of the
new year was a time of hopeful
resolutions. However, for senior
Ron Estorgio, known to many as
"Chief," 1999 has started with a
series of hardships and challenges
in the form of cancer.
Estorgio was diagnosed
with Lymphoma, Non-Hodgskins
on Jan. 1, 1999. Estorgio went to
the emergency room that day to
"simply check up on flu-like
symptoms." Since he had a bad
cough, the doctors took chest X-
rays. They revealed a large
amount of fluid around his heart
as well as a mass as big as a
person's open hand.
Non-Hodgskins Lymphoma is a malignant cancerous
growth of B or T cells in the
lymph system. In the United
States, 55,400 people are diagnosed with this form of Lymphoma each year.
The doctors immediately
went to work, removing the fluid
surrounding Estorgio's heart. His
continued on page 2
Royalettes twirl in success
Dance Team's successful year and hopeful future
By Amy K.N. Herman
News Editor
Bethel's dancing queens
have kicked up a cloud of success in 1998. The ten-member
team attended many competitions
and plans to end their season at
the UPA AMERICUP competition, to be held in Minneapolis,
from Feb. 25-28.
The danceline's success
began on Dec. 13, 1998 when
they placed first at the Universal
Dance and Cheer Association's
(UDA/UCA) Midwest Championships. Here the team performed
a two-mi nute-and-fifteen-second
jazz/funk routine. According to
co-captain, senior Melissa
Vanderpoel, she and the team's
other co-captain, senior Angie
Richardson, spent three weeks
choreographing the dance.
"We were very shocked
with our winning," said
Vanderpoel. "We hoped to do well
continued on page 3
Senior Class Gift activities
kick-off tonight
By Hannah Maria Hayes
Editor-in-Chief
The Senior Class Gift
kicks-off tonight during a senior
class party in the AC lounge starting at 8 p.m. Senior John Groh,
Committee Head, said that senior
class members, and not the committee, will vote on what gift to
give.
"We've been very diligent
in trying to seek out what students
would have our senior class gift
be this year," said Groh. "We've
also been trying to get input from
faculty and staff as far as what
they feel Bethel needs and how
our senior class can give back to
Bethel in a way that will serve
classes who come after us."
Although the party will
partly focus on a discussion of
what seniors would like to give for
their gifl: food, music, entertainment, door prizes and a time of
worship, praise and reflection is
planned. "We don't want it to be
just a meeting where we will talk
about the senior class gift...We
want this to be where seniors can
get together and have fun," said
Groh.
The committee, consisting
continued on page 3
Bethel football coach wins prestigious award
By Hannah Maria Hayes
Editor-in-Chief
Defensive coordinator for
Bethel's football team, Mike
Plinske, was named the 1998 Assistant Coach of the Year for Division III and was awarded a
$5,000 scholarship for the athletic
department by tlie American Football Coaches Association (AFCA)
on Jan. 11.
Assistant coaches were
nominated from coaching staffs
throughout the country. The
award recognizes a coaches' commitment to student-athletes, community service, contributions to
the AFCA and overall coaching
excellence—on and off the field.
This is the only award given
out for Division III. The Division
has 300 schools and approximately nine assistant coaches per
team, according to Head Football
Coach, Steve Johnson.
"Coach Plinske is a dynamite teacher, a great role model
for players and has got a lot of
wisdom," said Johnson. "One
thing that makes him special is
that he's demanding and at the
continued on page 2
Courtesy Photo
Head Defensive Coach Mike Plinske gives game plans and a pep-talk to the Bethel Defense players
during a game. Plinske was honored with the Division HI 1998 Assistant Coach of the Year on Jan. 11.